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Revista Integración y Comercio (Integration and Trade Journal), 2013, vol. 36, issue 17, 1-162

Abstract: Is aid dead? Dead Aid was the provocative title of a book that appeared on the 2009 New York Times bestseller list in which Dambisa Moyo outlined the shortcomings of traditional aid to Africa and proposed some even more contentious solutions for her continent. But has development assistance really run its course? Does all aid follow old colonial patterns and actors, as Moyo maintains?. We argue that aid is alive and kicking with some exciting turns that have been gathering momentum in recent years both among traditional donors and new and still emerging South-South Cooperation (SSC) actors. Developed country aid alone still channeled US$134 billion in 2011, a 154 percent increase from a decade earlier; preliminary figures for 2012 show to little surprise a slight decline to US$126 billion. Despite its shortcomings, aid provided by Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members is rapidly changing to be more effective, inclusive, and recipient-owned; principles that were reflected in the Paris Declaration of Aid Effectiveness (2005) and that were later reinforced in the Accra Action Plan and the Busan outcome document (2011) ...

Keywords: ARCO DEL PACIFICO; BANCO INTERAMERICANO DE DESARROLLO; BIENES PUBLICOS REGIONALES; CAMBIO CLIMATICO; CAPACITACION; COHESION SOCIAL; COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL; COMMODITIES; COMPETITIVIDAD; CONDICIONES SOCIALES; COOPERACION EMPRESARIAL; COOPERACION ENERGETICA; COOPERACION INTERNACIONAL; COOPERACION PARA EL DESARROLLO; COOPERACION TECNOLOGICA; DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE; ECOLOGIA; ECONOMIA INTERNACIONAL; EDUCACION; EMPRESAS PRIVADAS; ENERGIA HIDROELECTRICA; ENERGIAS ALTERNATIVAS; ESQUEMAS DE INTEGRACION EN GENERAL; EXPORTACIONES; FORMACION PROFESIONAL; IMPORTACIONES; INCLUSION SOCIAL; INFRAESTRUCTURA; INFRAESTRUCTURA DEL TRANSPORTE; INICIATIVA PARA LA INTEGRACION DE LA INFRAESTRUCTURA REGIONAL SURAMERICANA; INNOVACIONES TECNOLOGICAS; INTEGRACION ENERGETICA; INTEGRACION FISICA; INTEGRACION REGIONAL; INVERSION EXTRANJERA DIRECTA; MEDIO AMBIENTE; MERCADO DE PRODUCTOS MANUFACTURADOS; OBJETIVOS DEL MILENIO; OBRAS PUBLICAS; PAISES EN DESARROLLO; POLITICA ENERGETICA; POLITICAS PUBLICAS EN GENERAL; PROCESOS DE INTEGRACION; PROTECCION AMBIENTAL; PROYECTO MESOAMERICA; PUERTOS; RELACIONES NORTE - SUR; RELACIONES SUR - SUR; SISTEMA FINANCIERO INTERNACIONAL; SOCIEDAD CIVIL; TRANSFERENCIA DE TECNOLOGIA; BID; IIRSA; IED; ODM (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 F F18 F3 F35 F36 F4 F5 H32 H41 H54 I2 J18 L53 N7 O O16 O3 O47 P45 Q01 Q27 Q4 Q48 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-07
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